Almohad Taifas. Hudid Kings of Murcia, Muhammad bin Hud Baha' al-Dawla (AH 639-659/AD 1241-1260) AV Dinar. Mursiya (Murcia), AH 646 = AD 1248. "There is no God except Him, Muhammad is the messenger of God, the power is all from God, there is no strength but in God" in four lines across field; basmala taslia around in four segments / "The protection of God and the Victory, close to the believers, was struck in Murcia the year six and forty and six hundred" in five lines across field; "He who rises by his effort, the Abbasid caliph, Commander of the Faithful, the Imam of the community" around in four segments. Lavoix 777; cf. Album 410.1 (unknown date, cites only AH 644); cf. Medina 221 (unknown date, cites only AH 644, 647 & 648). 2.26g, 22mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine; very slightly wavy flan. Extremely Rare, apparently the third known example of this date.
struck by a king rebelled against the Almohads, subjected to the vassalage of Castile but under the spiritual authority of the Abbasid caliph of Baghdad, recognised in this coin.